Before we get to that, I want to congratulate all of the winners—everyone who took part in the challenge and enjoyed the process, the laughter, the teasing, and the inspiration that we have shared over the past three months.

I would again like to thank Karson and Obi for this great idea. It has really been a lot of fun and we have met many more LumberJocks because of it! Thank you.

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I too was a winner!! I was challenged to move beyond a 4-sided box and create my first piece of furniture. WOO WOOO I’m a winner :D Thank you Martin, (Karson & Obi) for this wonderful challenge and opportunity.

It definitely has been a lot of fun and can’t wait till things start to get moving on the Summer Awards.

Still fixing my garage right now. Updating electrical, new garage doors (2), insulate and finish walls, etc. I am doing this. Next is a roof (tear-off and install), guttering and overhang job for the entire home, breezeway and the garage. Hiring this done, thank goodness. Old house has problems! This $Xx,xxx.00 project is killing my woodworking time! (Everything but the lathe is in storage.) I think it would have been cheaper to bull doze it. Luckily my wife has a great job!

Congratulations to the Top Three! Great work guys. I was very impressed by all of the entries. We have very talented members and it showed.

Martin, any idea how big the article will be in the print Mag? I was wondering if they were going to show any of the other entries or just these three. There were so many good entries that deserve at least a small photo as “also ran” Perhaps we can put their final ranking in our emag. I’m sure everyone would like to know where they landed in the ranking.

Karson, Obi, Thanks again for driving this opportunity. It was a great challenge. I look forward to the next challenge like this. It shows so much about how we all can see the same project in such a different perspective.

Martin again, you have out done yourself. I honestly believe you have created a very special place in the internet world. I’m sure you never envisioned we would be where we are now. I look forward to the “guilds /groups” you mentioned. Each of us has our own area of interest, subjects from turning to carving and tables and chairs. You have done a great thing here.

Following the blog entries of all the tables was so enjoyable and inspiring. It was a pleasure to see LJ learning from each other and passing on advice regarding joinery and “those pesky pegs” as the assembled their tables.

A special congratulations to Neil Lamens of Furnitology fame! Hopefully we will see more of his work and benefit from his comments.

Congratulations to the runners-up Jack and schroeder! I was especially proud of Schroeder for representing the Oregon crowd!

Thanks to Karson and Obi for suggesting this wonderful challenge.

And of course, where would we be without Martin! Thank you Martin!

I agree with Greg that the complete entry set wiuld be a great feature in the next issue of the eMag.

next??? Joinery without glue—as if I’ve mastered putting two boards together with screws!!!! Oh wait… with DOWELS—got that mastered, well conquered at least, well,.. I can do it! :)lol

Greg, I’m not sure if they ranked them. My guess is that they just picked their winners.

re: showing all rankings for our own contests we had this discussion before. I can’t remember how it turned out. It was either going to be that all were posted or only the winners. We didn’t want to get into anything too complicated for Martin.

I’m glad I wasn’t judging this challenge. All of the tables were wonderful. The challenges are a GREAT idea, and the shop tour challenge was what brought me to lumberjocks. I look forward to participating in every challenge that is practically possible for me.

Just great!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

The challenge and conversation was great fun! Now, I’m looking for a book with illustrations of Chinese glueless joinery to come through inter-library loan. Hopefully one of the five libraries in Texas that has a copy will trust me and send it to small town America. Challenges force you to study and learn! Isn’t it great?!

I’m studying hard right now (two books in hand, two more coming) before I dive into repairing and reupholstering a stack of Victorian Parlor furniture (two chairs, a settee and footstool) sitting in my shop right now.